Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "SKWatson" <skwatson@b...> wrote:
> Anyone want to put in their two cents on the 
> advantages/comparisons/differences in pedal construction, namely 
the 
> use of single or double chain, or straps.  Looking at the Iron 
> Cobras, but haven't played in a great while.  I think the ones that 
> I did play back then were attached by cow (or dinosaur) hide...

Steve,

Here's definitely 2 cents worth, certainly no more. I go back to the 
leather strap era, almost exclusively Camco's. I still remember how 
those things felt; I liked to keep mine on a loose leash to swing 
freely. Since then I've used single chains, and not particularly 
elaborate ones. I've briefly played the Iron Cobra and the Axis. 
Though I was mightily impressed with their construction and feel, I 
never felt that they made my playing any better. To my mind, pedals 
have a bit of the Catch-22 about them. You really have to use them 
for a while to see whether you like them, but that's not always 
possible. I often find, however, that the more I use any pedal, the 
more I tend to find it satisfactory (unless it's really a piece of 
junk); oldtimers seem to be like that. But build quality is an 
important consideration, to be balanced with how much money you're 
willing to spend for it, as well as the ability to tweak. A few 
pedals have such minute adjustments that I can't imagine one of them 
not working for everybody, heel up or heel down. But that's just me--
definitely not the fussy sort with pedals. Check out Drumzillaslair 
for some articulate and detailed comments about this subject: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drumzillaslair/
These people have a lot of collective information about equipment. 
Ask Zilla to let you join and check his archives under kick pedals in 
general or specfic ones like Axis or Iron Cobra. Last week, I think, 
they hit on the subject again.

Ed